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Rising power prices raise risk of economic instability

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INT

Base effects, pent-up demand and restored supply were expected to deliver above-trend growth in 2022-23, erasing the impact wrought by the pandemic in 2020-21. However, surging…

Supply chains will dominate the US trade agenda

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UNITED STATES

The administration aims to enhance supply chain resilience and climate sustainability through industrial policies and regional negotiations that prioritise governance and trade…

International supply chains pose green challenges

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INTERNATIONAL

Trade-offs with other policy concerns such as domestic job creation pose political dilemmas. Both green technology products and their inputs are increasingly seen as strategic…

Seabed mining to advance despite climate risks

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INT

Various countries will increasingly permit or conduct seabed mining within their jurisdiction, while demand for metals for the green energy transition and international tensions…

Global food supply chain sustainability gaps are vast

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INT

This concern appears to be holding up despite the economic and other disruptions triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Energy systems and economies will be mineral-intensive

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INTERNATIONAL

Exploration, substitution and component minimisation will adapt supply to demand over time, but new supply chain risks will emerge, owing to narrow supply bases and long lead…

Globalisation will evolve rather than reverse

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INTERNATIONAL

The global economy is unquestionably undergoing a period of structural transformation shaped by the war and an acceleration of pre-existing dynamics. These changes will create new…

Sustainability will be as key to food tech as outcomes

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INTERNATIONAL

Food tech -- using technology to improve how food is grown, produced, distributed and consumed -- is critical to meeting consumption needs, and to reducing if not reversing the…

3D printing will affect global commodity markets

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INTERNATIONAL

3D printing and its ramifications for commodities.

AI use in the fashion industry will proliferate

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INT

Firms in this sector are deploying AI in functions as diverse as consumer behaviour analysis and product development to supply chain management and marketing. The fashion industry…